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Syzygium rama-varmae
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Syzygium rama-varmae (Bourd.) Chithra in N.C. Nair & Henry, Fl. Tamil Nadu I: 157. 1983; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 403. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 264. 2002.
Eugenia rama-varmae Bourd., Indian For. 30: 147. t. 2. 1904.
Jambosa rama-varmae (Bourd.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 474(335). 1919.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattuchampa
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 15 m high, bark brown, blaze pale brown. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole stout, 0.65 mm long, glabrous; lamina 11.5-26 x 4.2-8 cm, elliptic, oblong, elliptic-oblong, elliptic-ovate, or elliptic-lanceolate, base rounded, apex acute to acuminate; margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 15-20 pairs, parallel, prominent, looped near margin forming intramarginal nerves, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, white, 4-5 cm across, in few flowered lateral cymes; calyx tube short, thick, 7 cm, truncate, lobes 4; petals 4, 1-1.5 cm orbicular; stamens many; filaments 1-1.3 cm long, bent inwards in middle when in bud; ovary inferior, 2-celled, ovules many; style 1.5 cm long; stigma slightly acute. Fruit a berry, greenish-pink, spherical; seeds 1-2.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-June
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
600-1500
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Localities:
Chemungi
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